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MixedNuts comments on How would you talk a stranger off the ledge? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MixedNuts 24 January 2012 07:31:32PM 1 point [-]

You've brought up option theory as an argument against suicide already. Stop that. If I tortured you until you sold all your stocks, you'd damn well sell them immediately.

Comment author: James_Miller 25 January 2012 01:43:24AM 0 points [-]

There must be some lag between when you start torturing me and when I sell my stocks or I would never get tortured. My understanding of option theory might increase this lag by delaying when I give in to torture.